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Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 11:23 am
by Qikz
Lagamorph wrote:Damn, some of my favourite characters.
Burns, Flanders, Skinner, Smithers, Lenny, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert, Scratchy, Otto, Rainier Wolfcastle, Jasper, Reverend Lovejoy
That's a lot of pretty major characters to lose.
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 12:34 pm
by jiggles
Corazon de Leon wrote:That'll kill the show stone dead. Not sure how they'll get around the sheer volume of characters they'll lose unless they bring in a sub-par impersonator.
The show itself is a sub-par impersonator nowadays so I don't see why this should be the straw that broke the camel's back.
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 1:00 pm
by Lagamorph
http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/14/media/s ... index.htmlPossibly still hope? Whether that's good news or bad news is up for debate....
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 1:42 pm
by Qikz
1>3>4>2 wrote:Harry Shearer has always complained about how the quality of the show is gone and its just a paycheck for him now so I always imagined he'd be the first to go. I think it'd take a few main voice actors to go to kill the show. But Harry Shearer voices some of the most iconic and best characters on the show and I doubt any replacement could fit in his shoes. I don't think its beyond the show to kill/retire his characters off and replace them with doppelgangers (like Fit Tony) Oh no, Mr Burns and Smithers were killed in a reactor meltdown and new characters Mr Cold and Walter Smithee have taken over the plant.
Wasn't the Fat Tony replacement done by the same voice actor though? I thought it was more supposed to be a joke of how easily crime bosses can be replaced.
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 2:18 pm
by Lagamorph
Or they'll just re-use old voice clips spliced together. After so long they'll have plenty to work with.
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 3:14 pm
by Dig Dug
I'll give new simpsons this much, this is one hell of an amazing couch gag
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 3:31 pm
by Bunni
I see they're keeping up to date by getting an artist who was 'funny' in 2007 to animate for them.
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 3:55 pm
by That
Dig Dug wrote:I'll give new simpsons this much, this is one hell of an amazing couch gag
I'm not sure what to make of that. I'll give them that it was unsettling, I guess. Is it a reference to anything in particular that I'm missing the context on?
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 4:03 pm
by Psychic
Dig Dug wrote:I'll give new simpsons this much, this is one hell of an amazing couch gag
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 4:12 pm
by jiggles
It was more like an adapted preview for World of Tomorrow.
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 5:35 pm
by Rocsteady
PsychicSykes' response was far better than that couch gag ever will be.
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 5:55 pm
by Lagamorph
twitter.com/ravatal/status/598711802675920896
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 5:57 pm
by Slimgrady
Ah Man#2,my favourite. He will be missed.
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 6:38 pm
by Dig Dug
Karl wrote:Dig Dug wrote:I'll give new simpsons this much, this is one hell of an amazing couch gag
I'm not sure what to make of that. I'll give them that it was unsettling, I guess. Is it a reference to anything in particular that I'm missing the context on?
The joke is that eventually a television show will devolve into catchphrase spewing, merchandise pushing gooseberry fool if allowed to go on long enough. The couch gag is what would happen to the Simpsons if it was to go on for an infinite amount of time.
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 6:42 pm
by That
Dig Dug wrote:The joke is that eventually a television show will devolve into catchphrase spewing, merchandise pushing gooseberry fool if allowed to go on long enough. The couch gag is what would happen to the Simpsons if it was to go on for an infinite amount of time.
The Simpsons is already like that.
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 6:47 pm
by Dig Dug
Karl wrote:Dig Dug wrote:The joke is that eventually a television show will devolve into catchphrase spewing, merchandise pushing gooseberry fool if allowed to go on long enough. The couch gag is what would happen to the Simpsons if it was to go on for an infinite amount of time.
The Simpsons is already like that.
Yeah, I know. The couch gag is simpsons as it currently is taken to an extreme.
Edit: It was made by Don Hertzfeldt if that gives it more context.
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 6:53 pm
by That
That just makes me feel kind of sad about the whole affair. There's just enough wit left in the writers to know they're producing rubbish; it's like the last lucid moment of a man succumbing to a fatal brain injury.
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 10:04 am
by Super Dragon 64
I like to think that that writers are so well paid that they're happy to produce rubbish instead of finding a more meaningful day job. They still do some constructive creative work elsewhere which keeps them happy and sane.
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 10:07 am
by Skippy
Re: Canyonero
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 2:40 pm
by PCCD
Lemon of Troy was on C4 last night -
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